The Grays Harbor Community Foundation has multiple grant cycles each calendar year, awarding Grants to benefit and continuously invest in our community. Our giving priorities are as follows:
*Establish Quality Education and Learning Opportunities for All Ages*
Involve families and communities in student achievement and aspirations by supporting:
- Programs that fully integrate on-site services of school districts and nonprofit organizations
- Tutoring and mentoring programs
- Learning efforts designed to reduce the preparation gap
- Dropout prevention at critical transition points and reconnect dropouts to school and employment via alternative education programs
- Efforts to involve parents and families in schools/education
Foster a Strong and Connected Community by supporting:
- Efforts to promote and enhance positive self-worth within the community
Teach skills for success in life, college, vocational training and career by supporting:
- Programs that provide high quality career and technical education and training
- Efforts that teach students financial literacy
- Support systems for first-generation or returning, low-income college students
- Programs that promote literacy
*Promote Health and Wellness*
Promote Healthy Lifestyles by supporting:
- Programs focused on addressing health disparities or disproportionately affected populations
- Programs that seek to reduce and/or prevent teen pregnancy, Tobacco use, Drugs and Alcohol, child abuse and/or Domestic Violence
- Treatment programs for substance abuse and mental illness
- Services for survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse
- Organizations and projects that promote and encourage healthy lifestyles
*Provide Broad Access to Arts, Culture and History*
Broaden community engagement and access through support for:
- Programs that encourage participation in the arts through schools and the broader community
- Programs to connect people to the historical culture of Grays Harbor
- Efforts to preserve community landmarks
*Help Meet the Basic Needs of Residents*
Increase access to nutritious food and clean clothing by supporting:
- Collaboration among food programs in order to better respond to hunger needs
- The infrastructure needs of food banks who consistently offer nutritious food and access to clean clothing
- Free, culturally appropriate meal programs for children year-round
Help to Prevent Homelessness by supporting:
- Efforts to transition people from homelessness by offering support services such as counseling, childcare and job training
- Organizational efforts to prevent homelessness
- Nonprofits working to keep housing affordable
